yahoo chat being killed?

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According to this blog post only the chat rooms are closing down: http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=cont...id=SLN8407

I have not heard about any intention to also close down groups!

About all the commercial ads you see on Yahoo pages: there are ways of fighting back, here's how...

Download and install the latest Firefox browser:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Install "adblock plus":
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNvb2SjVjjI

Result: no more annoying ads! And pages are loading much quicker too...:-)

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/261...ri-adblock - for Safari Mac
http://opindian.com/blog/2009/02/25/adbl...s-and-mac/ - solution for Safari 4 Win and Mac.

I for one have the Firefox installed and don't see a single ad, no pop-up, no fly-in and no commercial videos on the Yahoo pages and on most other web sites...:-)

One more thing - if you want to keep in touch with your friends by using a chat room, take a look at http://www.chatzy.com/ - they offer a free service, only a single commercial ad in chat rooms which changes every 2 minutes - maybe this could be an alternative for you and your friends...:-)